Ceremonies of Bravery
Subtitle: Oscar Wilde, Carlos Blacker, and the Dreyfus Affair
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 280
ISBN-13: 9780199660827
Subjects: Wilde, oscar, 1854-1900; Dreyfus, alfred, 1859-1935; Authors, irish; Authors, biography; Trials (treason), europe
Description: 'Ceremonies of Bravery' is a study of the friendship between the prolific writer Oscar Wilde and Carlos Blacker. The two men met in the 1880s, the period when Wilde was judged by many to be at his best, and Blacker went on to become a trustee of Wilde's marriage settlement.